The Mischief of Minions

Kids, Family, Insanity…

The conversation


Best Friends as drawn by Syd Age 3.5

When you have two kids and one is talking and the other isn’t (I have a 3-year-old with the vocabulary of a high school student and a 1-year-old that speaks in pterodactyl) the dynamic is pretty darn interesting.  It is also horribly loud, and frequently painful requiring ingestion of copious amounts of Advil.  Their conversations go something like this:

Child one:  Heeehehehehehehehe  (loud)

Child two:  HeheheeeeheheeheheHAW (louder)

Child one: Snort….hahahahahahahaha..he!  (louder still)

Chrild two: Hahahah…snort…burp  (louder still and gross)

Child one: “Hey, that’s MY dolly!  ::grab::

Child two:  WAAAAAAHHHHH

Child one: “OK, fine.  YOU have it. Hmmph!”

REPEAT from beginning.

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About Me…


Me and my Minions…

I am a mommy of two, and a woman of 40 with the attention level of a 3-year-old.  My children are my world and typically, I find them way more interesting than most people.  I am also a shameless braggart when it comes to my minions and am prepping them for great success so that ultimately they may buy me a condo in Boca.  I also write at www.balancinggal.com where I pretend I know anything about balance.

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Amuse me please!


I prayed to the Good Lord for help.  I was bored.  My friends were (ok, are) all  more accomplished than I am, attending fabulous parties and events, my husband frequently abandoned me for the confusing world of hockey, and I live in the suburbs.

And God Gave Me Children.

And there was much rejoicing, and not too many boring minutes since.   I now have two under four, a girl and a boy.  True, I am slightly insane, and there isn’t usually too much interesting about diaper changes (though sometimes there IS)but  I have been blessed with ridiculously adorable kids (who I will pit against anyone else’s kids in a fight) and my Facebook friends are getting a little tired of the barrage of photos and the litany of their accomplishments.

This blog is all about being a mommy, and the crazy things kids do, and how it all makes my (and hopefully yours) world a little more colorful.

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